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Hatewatch is managed by the staff of the Intelligence Report, an investigative magazine published by the Alabama-based civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center.
State of emergency also urged in Oregon
…Although Oregon is about 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Jim Ludwick, the president of Oregonians for Immigration Reform, said the state is being harmed by illegal immigrants from Mexico.
State officials push Virginia ‘emergency’ declaration
It used to be that the only invasions from the south the Commonwealth had to worry about were the hurricanes that crossed state lines to threaten the Old Dominion with a state of emergency.
Attacks on Hispanics rise during anti-immigration campaign
Five times in the past five days, Hispanic men walking alone after dark have been set upon by small groups of assailants, beaten and robbed. Several of the victims required hospital emergency room treatment.
Alabama Minutemen recruit for New Mexico patrols
…Alabama’s immigrant population is growing, and residents like Gary Buie are noticing.
El Paso rejects Minutemen
Stepping into the border fray over the Minutemen, the El Paso City Council adopted a resolution inviting them to stay out of town…
Governor wants Mexican town destroyed
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will use a meeting with his Chihuahuan counterpart this week to press for the demolition of Las Chepas, the semi-abandoned Mexican hamlet used as a staging area for hundreds of undocumented immigrants who cross daily into the United States west of Columbus…
New England Minutemen target Canadian border
After patrolling Arizona’s border for immigrants darting across from Mexico, a Framingham man is corralling New Englanders to scour the Canadian border for foreigners sneaking into Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. …
Border city mayor asks, ‘What emergency?’
Despite the governor’s declared “state of emergency” in southern Arizona, Douglas Mayor Ray Borane says immigration has had a positive effect on his city…
Expert: Vigilante groups resemble 1990s militias
David Burghart, who monitors anti-immigrant movements with the Illinois-based human rights group, the Center for New Community’s Building Democracy Initiative, is not surprised by the growth of the vigilante movement—or its potential for internal strife.
Texas Minutemen face rough ride
…We are not vigilantes, and we are not anti-immigration.”